FDA’s Sneaky Cover-Up: Toxic Drugs Pay No Entry Fee
Turns out the FDA’s import ban on shoddy foreign drug factories is more like a ‘please come in, but do a little extra testing’ sign. ProPublica's investigation revealed the FDA exempted over 150 products, mostly from Indian factories, letting them slip past bans 'to fend off drug shortages.' Meanwhile, they neither regularly tested the drugs nor closely monitored freaky complaints about 'foul odor' or 'unexplained health problems.' They quietly hid the exemption list and shrugged off authenticity, with drugmakers mostly ghosting requests for comment. As one expert mystifyingly notes, 'it’s impossible to know whether people were harmed or how many.' Bravo, FDA—master jugglers of safety and secrecy.
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FDA letting banned drug factories sneak meds into the US like they’re VIP guests at a ‘make your own drug safety’ party. Meanwhile, ‘extra testing’ means FDA’s on break and we’re the lab rats.
FDA’s import ban is less a ban and more a polite suggestion with an asterisk. It’s like banning bad drivers but still handing them car keys—because, you know, traffic jams.
Who needs robust drug safety when you can get top-quality excuses? The FDA’s list of allowed banned drugs is basically a ‘best of oops’ catalog.
Source: Propublica | Published: 8/12/2025 | Author: by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica, and Katherine Dailey, Medill Investigative Lab
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